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Planet-Like Object Found Circling a Brown Dwarf
April 9, 2010 — As our telescopes grow more powerful, astronomers are uncovering objects that defy conventional wisdom. The latest example is the discovery of a planet-like object circling a brown dwarf. It's the ... > full story -
New Hubble Maps of Pluto Show Surface Changes
February 4, 2010 — NASA has released the most detailed set of images ever taken of the distant dwarf planet Pluto. The images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show an icy and dark molasses-colored, mottled world ... > full story -
Spot Discovered On Dwarf Planet Haumea Shows Up Red And Rich With Organics
September 16, 2009 — A dark red area discovered on the dwarf planet Haumea appears to be richer in minerals and organic compounds than the surrounding icy ... > full story -
Lower Atmosphere Of Pluto Revealed
March 2, 2009 — Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have gained valuable new insights about the atmosphere of the dwarf planet Pluto. The scientists found unexpectedly large amounts of methane in the ... > full story -
Fifth Dwarf Planet Named Haumea
September 18, 2008 — The International Astronomical Union has announced that the object previously known as 2003 EL61 is to be classified as the fifth dwarf planet in the Solar System and named Haumea. This now means ... > full story -
Astronomers Find Unusual New Denizen Of The Solar System
August 19, 2008 — A "minor planet" with the prosaic name 2006 SQ372 is just over two billion miles from Earth, a bit closer than the planet Neptune. But this lump of ice and rock is beginning the return leg of a ... > full story -
'Plutoid' Chosen As Name For Solar System Objects Like Pluto
June 11, 2008 — The International Astronomical Union has decided on the term plutoid as a name for dwarf planets like Pluto at a meeting of its Executive Committee in Oslo. Almost two years after the IAU General ... > full story -
Sign Of 'Embryonic Planets' Forming In Nearby Stellar Systems
October 1, 2007 — Astronomers are pointing to three nearby stars they say may hold "embryonic planets" -- a missing link in planet-formation theories. As scientists try to piece together how our own planet came to be, ... > full story -
Charon: An Ice Machine In The Ultimate Deep Freeze
July 19, 2007 — Frigid geysers spewing material up through cracks in the crust of Pluto's companion Charon, and recoating parts of its surface in ice crystals, could be making this distant world into the equivalent ... > full story -
Dwarf Planet Eris Is More Massive Than Pluto
June 17, 2007 — Aptly named after the Greek goddess of conflict, the icy dwarf planet, Eris, has rattled the general model of our solar system. The object was discovered by astronomer Mike Brown of Caltech in the ... > full story
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